The Lumberjill: Inflation is only fun in pool toys
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “That seems like a lot of money to prune some trees,” he said. “You’re right,” I said. Because he was. Guess what: Inflation sucks. You know what else...
Category: Opinion
An exercise in frustration
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s official: traveling is back. Though the number of people passing through TSA checkpoints hasn’t quite reached pre-pandemic levels, the seven-day average is the highest it has been since...
Recognizing Indigenous land and the debt owed to Indigenous peoples
By Sandra Nicholson Reader Contributor Have you heard of the Kootenai War of ’74? The story begins with the Treaty of Hellgate. Ratified in 1855, it wasn’t until 1871 when the local Indigenous peoples...
The Baloney Detective: Fauxlitariat — the fake working man’s blues
By Tim Bearly Reader Columnist “I represent the blue-collar, everyday hard-working Americans,” said every politician ever. Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Politician, but your actions speak so many decibels louder than your insincere and platitudinous...
Trestle Creek marina construction may soon be permitted
By Brad Smith Reader Contributor A bald eagle lights on its nest in a cottonwood tree above Trestle Creek and Lake Pend Oreille. A beaver methodically places another stick on its lodge down below....
Two years of COVID
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Two years ago on this day I was out of a job — and, for the first time in my job-hopping life, it was involuntary. I remember it well,...
Wolves in trouble
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor A friend and I hiked up along Johnson Creek in Clark Fork last month, popular for winter recreation, only to find ourselves on the heels of a young family...
I stand with librarians
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A few weeks ago, in preparing for my turn to formulate an article for the Reader’s “Back of the Book” section, I thought of our community’s librarians. I grew...
Sandpoint residents gather to support Ukraine
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor Inspired and following the leadership of Grace Rookey, a Sandpoint High School sophomore, 70 people gathered March 6 for a peaceful event along the bike path between Michigan and...
The Lumberjill: Encounters with leg-hold traps in the land of the free
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Any time we engage in tree work in a community space — near sidewalks and roads, in parks, along trails — public safety is non-negotiable. In addition to...
